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MARS OBSERVER
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Mars Observer was an American robotic space probe launched by NASA on September 25, 1992, to study the surface, atmosphere, climate and magnetic field of Mars. The spacecraft was developed and managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 25, 1992 at 05:05 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Commercial Titan III →
- Operator
- Martin Marietta
- Mission
- Mars Observer
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Mars
- Reference body
- Mars
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1992-063A
- NORAD catalog №
- 22136
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- active